Homeowner cleared. (Exercising the Right).Shortly after 3 a.m. on October 18th, police in Woodburn, Oregon Woodburn is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States. The population was 20,100 at the 2000 census. History Woodburn, historically a farming community, was founded by Jesse H. Settlemier. The Jesse H. Settlemier House is now a museum located on Settlemier Avenue. , responded to a 911 call that a man armed with a knife was threatening a family. By the time they arrived at the home of Paciano Reyes-Vieyra, however, the suspect, later identified as Esterbol Rios-Gomez, had fled. Officers were told that Rios-Gomez had threatened to kill Reyes-Vieyra and other members of the family unless his demand to have a former girlfriend come to the home was met. The woman, Sabrina Contreras, was now in a relationship with a nephew of Reyes-Vieyra, and had filed for a restraining order restraining order: see injunction. against Rios-Gomez. After responding to the 911 call, police searched for Rios-Gomez, but could not find him. They also questioned Contreras, who had by then arrived at the Reyes-Vieyra residence. Shortly after 4 a.m., Contreras called 911 to report that Rios-Gomez had returned and was again threatening to kill Reyes-Vieyra and his family. As reported in the November 15th Woodburn News, during his rampage "Rios-Gomez threw bottles through the windows of the residence and then kicked in the door of the home, all the while continuing his verbal threats." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Marion County Marion County is the name of seventeen counties in the United States of America, mostly named for General Francis Marion:
At some point he again decided to leave, but as he exited the house Reyes-Vieyra shot him twice with a hunting rifle. According to Morris, the beleaguered be·lea·guer tr.v. be·lea·guered, be·lea·guer·ing, be·lea·guers 1. To harass; beset: We are beleaguered by problems. 2. To surround with troops; besiege. homeowner then went inside and kissed his wife goodbye, believing that he would be jailed for the shooting and possibly not see her again. He then went outside to wait for the police, who were en route to the home for a third time when they learned that shots had been fired. When they arrived, they found Rios-Gomez in the street, suffering from wounds to the side and back. He was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital. In early November, the case was submitted to a Marion County grand jury, which evaluated the evidence under the state's standards for the use of deadly force An amount of force that is likely to cause either serious bodily injury or death to another person. Police officers may use deadly force in specific circumstances when they are trying to enforce the law. . An additional factor was that Rios-Gomez had been convicted for a January 20O1 knife assault and had been on parole for that offense since January of this year. On November 14th, jurors determined that the shooting was not criminal and that Reyes-Vieyra had acted in self-defense (Law) in protection of self, - it being permitted in law to a party on whom a grave wrong is attempted to resist the wrong, even at the peril of the life of the assailiant. - Wharton. See also: Self-defense . |
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